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Mike Johnson: “If you repeal some parts of Dodd-Frank, you are supposedly going to save the budget. You are not going to save the…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2015
If you repeal some parts of Dodd-Frank, you are supposedly going to save the budget. You are not going to save the budget anything; you are going to open yourselves up to massive financial risk and another debt catastrophe like the one we just had.
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Mike Johnson
Republican · Louisiana

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Johnson warns against repealing Dodd-Frank, highlighting financial risks.

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